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My dad being a John Mac himself had a small story that I have never heard since when I asked him about Clain survivors. Dad said that the ones who escaped called themselves Mc Donald. That was their way of escaping the persecution. Bruce, do you have a tail like that? HONK from Canada
Hello I am a brand new subscriber that just found your channel yesterday because of your excellent video regarding the alternate version of events at Bannockburn with Henry de Bohun vs Robert the Bruce. Btw I like the alternate version way, way more as the idea of Robert the Bruce cleverly ambushing Henry de Bohun is just so much cooler than the official version. A devious tactician & shrewd ambusher is so much more interesting of a character than a hero who wins in single combat through skill, luck & happenstance. Anyway the reason I am bothering you on this comment thread by directly replying to you on your most recent video instead of leaving the previous comment paragraph about Bannockburn on the Bannockburn video is because I have a burning question/topic for you and I don't know where else to leave it. So I guess I will leave it here. The burning question/topic I have is this: I am interested in your opinion & insight into an alternate version/tradition of why the Picts as a recognizable people are now gone. I read this alternate version of why that is so in a book titled Celtic Warriors by Tim Newark. According to that book the mainstream official version is that the Picts through intermarriage over time became assimilated & then synonymous with the Scots. The alternate tradition though is that there was a great battle between the Picts and Viking raiders in which the Picts lost badly and fled. The Scots then ambushed the surviving Picts as they fled from their defeat and wiped them out completely. And that ambush combined with subsequent intermarriage is why the Picts as an identifiable people are now gone. I make no claim to the veracity of any of that but Celtic Warriors is one of my all time favorite reads. Your thoughts?
Would be good to see you do one on the MacArthur Clan, whom gave birth to the Campbell clan. Also hereditary pipers for the McDonald clan. Supported Bruce and fought alongside him at the battle of brander pass and also the wars of independence. Our seal is appended on the declaration of Arbroath. For this support the Bruce awarded us the lands of the defeated macdougal clan and titles of dunstaffenage castle. One of the oldest if not the oldest clan.. there is a saying “as old as the hills, the MacArthur’s and the devil”.
My great granny along with her friend were going to visit a mutual friend in the country (1800s?). An old farmer took pity on these two young women walking on the road and offered them a ride in his cart. He naturally asked them who they were going to visit. “(so and so) Campbell,” was the reply. “Get oot of ma cairt!!!” he said, “nae freen o’ a Cammell is coming in my cairt!!!”
the claighain inn has an epic fish and chip supper too. Also walk back along the road towards the main road and the little paths by the river are worth going down to the waters edge. I did so it was amazing about 2 miles from the visitor centre on the left. But the thing that amazed me walking along the road and driving from the gulf garage is how the people still remember. I wass fortunate enough to meet some amazing people in the glencoe in and talk to them. Its amazing i spoke to tourists from overseas in the pub here who knew nothing of the massacre. The tale of the Macdonalds of glencoe should be told more.
I have only 2 channels I watch for storytelling and your is one of them. You have a gift that includes humor, passion, knowledge and accuracy and I appreciate that. Thank you!!!
I could tell from your demeanour at the start that you were about to share a moving story and you did so with your usual thoughtful calm. As always, thank you for sharing 🌞
You're legend. I'm in Australia and, apparently, 69% Scottish. Loving your take on things there. Loving learning about my heritage. Thanks, buddy. Bruce Malcolm Devereaux
I'm also damn proud of my heritage. My genes are tied to men and women who are proud and strong and fiercely independent, but also strongly family orientated. That's me. That's what I instil in my kids (7). I am Scottish and proud, living in Australia. Bruce Devereaux
I have a MacDonald grandmother and married my MacGregor grandfather from the 1600's. I have Campbell's of Loudoun grandparents as well. Love your shows.
Thank you for this. Interesting. I'm a Macdonald (from New Zealand) and can trace our family back to the valleys inland from Loch Eil, 30km for a crow from Glencoe. My great great Grandfather left for NZ in the 1860s.
I love listening to you Bruce about Scotland as my father came to Australia when he was 14 years old. Listening to my granny was wonderful and my father but all my father wanted was to visit Scotland before he pass way at the age 74 so thank you Bruce for bringing back the memories for me
A haunting and enthralling story, sad yet it captures the imagination, I stood in the glen with my family knowing the story I turned and looked at my daughter she stood with a tear running down her cheek, my daughter has a learning disability, but she said she could feel the pain uaireannan tha an àm a dh'fhalbh nas fhaisge na tha fios againn 💔
I am a descendant of the MacDonald clan and i also have Campbell on my fathers side. No they dont traditionally get along even here in America yet i feel my people did contribute a great deal to the amazing and courageous history of Scotland. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all.
I have learned more about my home ( Scotland ) from you my friend and fellow Scot ( Bruce ) than any book or historian, and for that I cannot thank you enough, I have been ignorant about my Scottish ancestry & connection to this beautiful land I call home, and I say thank you for your education & fun 🏴🙏🏻 xxx
Excellent video! I absolutely loved that you're commentary was from an old local pub with a cozy fire lit in the background. The ambience suited the story perfectly.
Hallo Bruce! You are such a gifted storyteller. I am no scotsman and I don't know if everything you are speaking of is historical fact but I know that it is surely true that not DNA keep the people together but their stories, their experiences they ve been put through together, their history, all the same whether they are MacDonalds, McLoeds or whatever. That left me with gooseskin ( or do you say duckskin ) and I love the way you are telling stories you are talking in your videos of ( and somehow I love scotland )! Best wishes from the harz mountains Uwe
According to family history, my sixth great grandfather Donald MacDonald (42 Highlander Regiment) who served the crown during the American Revolutionary War was of the MacDonald's of Glencoe. Rather then return home he stayed and immigrated to New Brunswick eventually settling in Nashwaak Bridge. His son, my fifth great grandfather (Donald MacDonald) was born in a small settlement outside of Nashwaak Bridge, Glencoe. Had the opportunity to visit Glencoe, Scotland last October and it was absolutely stunning, but definitely lives up to the term "Weeping Glen." Paid my respects at the Massacre of Glencoe Monument. Overall, Glencoe is by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen in person.
It's a shame that Clan Henderson never get a mention in this tragedy. They also suffered at the hands of King Billy that same day. They where also murdered at the same time. 😢
Brilliant. The thing that I fear most is that cancel culture and political correctness will see us stop telling stories if they cause discomfort. Thank you for what you do, love your work.
before i watch the video i was actually at glencoe and spoke to the staff about this back in september and went round the corner to the pub with the sign no campbells and no hawkers. I was fortunate to get in the 1740s kit and get photos there. But what really fascinated me was the land itself around and near glencoe it was incredible and worth seeing if you get the chance. The replica house on the site is so worth spending time in. Scotlands history in that place really does come to life and i loved seeing the place and meeting the people. If you get chance go to the glencoe inn. Lovely chips there and food. Lovely staff. If you want a hotel on route towards fort william i reccomend the roam west place. its lovely.
I have learnt a lot from Scottish History. This vid is one any many Scottish history does make me sick inside .Blessed Samhaine my friend, may our ancestors always be at our sides. Bruce yes I did astro travel on your 60th birthday tour. You do know thats a lot of history in only 11 days. I haven't finished uploading. I need to deeply thanks you for your vids of our breathe taking tour. Thanks deeply for taking me to where I really wanted to go. I so look forward to a ferry ride to Sky plz two day? You know my love for the highlands so I know im asking a lot. But there is a shop I dont want to miss. Im not a shopper type But its the best shop on Skyy. I had learnt from one of your vids. Fummeys I love you like Poi and lau lau!!! It better than haggis lol
As a Scot living on foreign shores. Went back to Glencoe last year and will be back again next year. And in my eyes I will never look at Glencoe as a tourist theme park. It is a place that touches something deep inside of me. Can't explain.
Excellent video. Like any, I've always been intrigued and a bit angered by the story of the massacre. Glencoe is on my list to visit on my next trip to Scotland (my third).
The Clachaig is a wonderful place. I’ve drunk with old friends, made new friends, and partied with Chilean refugees who’d escaped their own murderous government. I’ve even had a beer with a Campbell.
Ah BRILLIANT! To be fair this topic doesn't give much scope for laughs. If you fancy seeing the show when it's finished I'll be in Glasgow and Edinburgh in January www.thestand.co.uk/news/bruce-fummey-scotland-built-the-world-wip
My maternal grandmother was a Chisholm, but she has two MacDonalds in her family tree.....We are Tennesseans by the way. On my Dad's side they came from very northern England and Scotland to the colonies, mostly around Virginia and the Carolinas. Right before the Revolution the moved into Tennessee....my mother's people are almost entirely from Northern Ireland, most having come just before the Revolution and going to Georgia...We joke that they were guests of His Majesty's Prisons.
Hi Bruce. My nephew is a Major Duncanson serving in the Australian army. When he was younger we took him to Glen Coe where he found out about the orders passed on by one of his ancestors in his now current rank. We have all been dispersed.
Aye Bruce. In the 1930s my Grandparents brought their two boys across the sea to live in Whanganui, New Zealand. It was there twenty years later I was born. I do not know why they left Scotland. I can remember my Gran telling me stories when I was a wee lad, but her voice has been long silent, as has my father's, their stories lost in time. I recall you made a story asking what makes us Scottish, well for me a Bruce Fummey yarn and a dram will have to do the noo.
My MacDonald ancestors came to Cape Breton in 1798 from Moidart and Eigg. One female ancestor was an Effie MacDonald of Glencoe (about whom not much is known). My people were Clanranalds connected to the MacDonalds of Kinlochmoidart and Captain John MacDonald of Glenaladale who brought his tenants out to Prince Edward Island in 1772. Our family was in Scotland this summer and stopped in Glencoe enroute to Fort William. There is very little mention of the massacre at the visitor centre --all the focus is on the nature and outdoor experiences. Of course, I was astounded at the hordes of people stopping for the photo ops (of course we did take some photos too) but for me and those of us with roots in the Highlands -- we remember the tragedy of that winter night in 1692. I live in Inverness County and nearby is a rural community named Glencoe settled by Clanranald MacDonalds. My Gaelic-speaking grandmother could recite in her mother tongue -- 'as long as there's green in the forest, there's deceit in the Campbells' ! Not forgotten for sure. Thank you for telling this story, Bruce. Hope you make it back to Cape Breton in New Scotland!
I am related to the Macdonalds of Glen Coe through my Grandmothers side. Alexander MacDonald escaped the massacre and changed his name to Alexander Alexander. I have a book with more info on them I will have to pull it off my shelf. I don’t really know why but I have always held a place in my soul for them.
I'm a Campbell mixed with Macdonald. My grandpa Campbell told all his grandkids the story just as Bruce told it. A blight. Before the 2 clans later de-solved into the mass wave of displaced Scots who landed in North America. My ancestors.
I am enjoying your videos Bruce I have a question for you What does the little saying you say at the end of each video mean? Also hope i can make it to the Wellington New Zealand show as it is where i am from
I don't speak Gaelic, only know a few words, but he definitely says the sentence that is also found on a mug for sale at his shop "tha mi an dochas gum bi latha math leibh". Google says this means "I hope you have a good day". The rest of what he says I don't know for sure, but it seems to end on "an-drasda" (the final a being silent) which means "soon", so my guess would be that he is saying: "hope you have a nice day, and see you soon".
This was absolutely brilliant Bruce thoroughly enjoyed it I got a couple of questions to ask you one if I remember rightly you did a programme on the covenanters two have ever heard of a book called the homes haunts and battlefields of the covenanters by a.b .Todd published 1888 by James gemmell of Edinburgh
I didn't think much of it when I first got it but yesterday I got a shock I sat down to read it and suddenly realised it had no copyright in it also no first published date it apart from 1888 looked it up found out that I might have a first edition book would you like it and how can I send it to you
he ya Bruce, another excellent episode ! please keep them coming. please let me know as soon as you have dates for your Brisbane show, as I will try to bring Murphy's Pigs along. will you be travelling with your son? do you need a lift from the airport?
Bruce, you should do a video on the Mac Donald / Campbell feud, one of the longest in highland history I believe, I got a brief glimpse when I read a book on Alister maccolla but would love to know the origins of it.
In August 1966, I got to belatedly raise the alarm in Glen Coe youth hostel that someone might be missing. He was found dead 2 days later. The hostels warden's partner went out of her way to console me that the poor lad ( 18 year old...same as I was ) had died from his fall and not from exposure, which would have been partly my fault. I never got to say thank you to that lady. Any way to do so now?
Bruce, good story telling yet again. Might you do an episode on the history between the MacDonalds of Glen Coe before the massacre? It wasn't an isolated event by my understanding. MacDonalds had been involved in the capture of Inveraray Castle when Montrose was doing his stuff in the 1640s. Campbells (of Glenorchy) were involved in what is said to be the last clan battle in Scotland in 1680
@ppavery I think it was Battle of Altimarlach, which took place on July 13, 1680, near Wick. Between Campbells and Sinclairs over land in Caithness. The Sinclairs got it back through legal action which is a bit ironic.
@ppavery Sorry slight crossed purposes there. That's when Montrose was fighting the Royalist cause in the War of The Three Kingdoms. The last clan battle also involved Campbells in a smaller dispute over land which is the one I described previously^^
In the US in Geargia there is a County called Glynn and it has a town called Glenco and one called Stirling. It is a coastal place and now I know how it got its name. Thank you.
Oh wind your neck in, those are just surnames with no connection to clan politics in early modern Scotland. Find something better to have a personality about.
@@Ricky-oi3wv I bet when Ferguson first left Ulster for Kintyre, he forgot something. "Hang on, lemme turn the boat around, I forgot me bag." Then when he got back to the dock five minutes later, the Irishman said "Feck on off back to where ya came from, foreigner!", true story.
Love the post. My mother was a McDonald and married a Campbell. Yes I was the result of a mixed marriage. According to my brother's research when the Campbells fled the scene they moved south. Some arrived in Kippen (Stirlingshire) and took the surname to avoid detection. A common enough practice at the time indeed a significant number of McGregors' did the same.
Sorry, family histories aren't really what I do. If you think about it this video is about an event. rather than a family. I'll be in Oz in February if you fancy coming to see my show Scotland Made the World though
@ScotlandHistoryTours I mean William Wallace's grand mother was a Loudoun after all. His sword was kept at Loudoun Castle. The Loudouns fought at Culloden against the Mac Donalds.
@@BobLouden-r9q No, that would be a huge video. The MacDonalds were a huge clan made up of many septs. I told a story that was the first in a series about what happened to all the people after the Massacre of Glencoe. There will be at least eight covering key characters or people. This one was about a tiny sept of the MacDonalds who were involved in these events. If you look through my videos none of them are clan stories. Some may involve clans, but that's only because they are involved in the story. None are a story of the clan. I hope that makes sense.
@@sammcdonald2213I still dislike any Mac Donald. We were told the Mac Donalds were all thieves and would steal your shit from the toilet if given half a chance.
Hi, Bruce. Nice video. The Macdonalds of Glencoe were traditionally buried on an island in Loch Leven. I wonder when the most recent burial was? By the way, it is a pity that my viewing was interrupted by an inappropriate advert for hamburgers.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Nope Bruce, I'm in Germany. McDs operate in Europe too. And matt-inthehighlans7385 confirms the most recent grave is dated 1972. Thanks, guys.
At the Clan gathering held in Edinburgh some years ago , the march up the Royal Mile lead by the clan chiefs. The Campbell’s were booed and heckled the entire route, what a shame their chief didn’t take this opportunity, to apologize to all the clans’s for that despicable act of murder of all those innocent’s, granny’s, children and babies, their own kith and kin. This appalling and cowardly act is not ancient history .
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My dad being a John Mac himself had a small story that I have never heard since when I asked him about Clain survivors.
Dad said that the ones who escaped called themselves Mc Donald. That was their way of escaping the persecution.
Bruce, do you have a tail like that?
HONK from Canada
Hello I am a brand new subscriber that just found your channel yesterday because of your excellent video regarding the alternate version of events at Bannockburn with Henry de Bohun vs Robert the Bruce. Btw I like the alternate version way, way more as the idea of Robert the Bruce cleverly ambushing Henry de Bohun is just so much cooler than the official version. A devious tactician & shrewd ambusher is so much more interesting of a character than a hero who wins in single combat through skill, luck & happenstance.
Anyway the reason I am bothering you on this comment thread by directly replying to you on your most recent video instead of leaving the previous comment paragraph about Bannockburn on the Bannockburn video is because I have a burning question/topic for you and I don't know where else to leave it. So I guess I will leave it here.
The burning question/topic I have is this: I am interested in your opinion & insight into an alternate version/tradition of why the Picts as a recognizable people are now gone. I read this alternate version of why that is so in a book titled Celtic Warriors by Tim Newark. According to that book the mainstream official version is that the Picts through intermarriage over time became assimilated & then synonymous with the Scots. The alternate tradition though is that there was a great battle between the Picts and Viking raiders in which the Picts lost badly and fled. The Scots then ambushed the surviving Picts as they fled from their defeat and wiped them out completely. And that ambush combined with subsequent intermarriage is why the Picts as an identifiable people are now gone. I make no claim to the veracity of any of that but Celtic Warriors is one of my all time favorite reads. Your thoughts?
Would be good to see you do one on the MacArthur Clan, whom gave birth to the Campbell clan. Also hereditary pipers for the McDonald clan. Supported Bruce and fought alongside him at the battle of brander pass and also the wars of independence. Our seal is appended on the declaration of Arbroath. For this support the Bruce awarded us the lands of the defeated macdougal clan and titles of dunstaffenage castle.
One of the oldest if not the oldest clan.. there is a saying
“as old as the hills, the MacArthur’s and the devil”.
@@macsco- I'd like to hear about MacArthur too. Cheers from Canada
@@momzilla9491 i have relatives in Canada and America.
And you are the story teller who keeps our history alive and real. We thank you for that.
My great granny along with her friend were going to visit a mutual friend in the country (1800s?).
An old farmer took pity on these two young women walking on the road and offered them a ride in his cart.
He naturally asked them who they were going to visit.
“(so and so) Campbell,” was the reply.
“Get oot of ma cairt!!!” he said, “nae freen o’ a Cammell is coming in my cairt!!!”
You always handle the matters regarding this tragic and polarizing event very respectfully and honestly. Thank you Bruce.
A part of the story almost never heard - thanks for telling it.
the claighain inn has an epic fish and chip supper too. Also walk back along the road towards the main road and the little paths by the river are worth going down to the waters edge. I did so it was amazing about 2 miles from the visitor centre on the left. But the thing that amazed me walking along the road and driving from the gulf garage is how the people still remember. I wass fortunate enough to meet some amazing people in the glencoe in and talk to them. Its amazing i spoke to tourists from overseas in the pub here who knew nothing of the massacre. The tale of the Macdonalds of glencoe should be told more.
I have only 2 channels I watch for storytelling and your is one of them. You have a gift that includes humor, passion, knowledge and accuracy and I appreciate that. Thank you!!!
I could tell from your demeanour at the start that you were about to share a moving story and you did so with your usual thoughtful calm. As always, thank you for sharing 🌞
Outstanding, sir ! You reveal the living humanity and enliven the dry dates of history.
I try. Thanks
You're legend. I'm in Australia and, apparently, 69% Scottish. Loving your take on things there. Loving learning about my heritage. Thanks, buddy. Bruce Malcolm Devereaux
I'm also damn proud of my heritage. My genes are tied to men and women who are proud and strong and fiercely independent, but also strongly family orientated. That's me. That's what I instil in my kids (7). I am Scottish and proud, living in Australia. Bruce Devereaux
100% Scottish/Irish here and I agree. Always great videos from Bruce.
Good morning Bruce 🌏🕊
tfs ~ love to hear you tell a tale of history. Your voice is lovely.
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I have a MacDonald grandmother and married my MacGregor grandfather from the 1600's. I have Campbell's of Loudoun grandparents as well. Love your shows.
Loudouns rules 😁
Thank you for this. Interesting.
I'm a Macdonald (from New Zealand) and can trace our family back to the valleys inland from Loch Eil, 30km for a crow from Glencoe. My great great Grandfather left for NZ in the 1860s.
Mine left that same time frame and came to the US. Now here I am
@@MrsB197something Amazing, isn't it. Now I live in Sweden (for now).
@@fractalnomics wow. That's great. I have ancestors that are norse and of course my Scottish. It is very interesting to me
You always give such great history lessons.
The history of Scotland is so interesting and I love yer accent 👍👍👍
A'reyt Bruce. Such a sad story for such a beautiful location.
Bruce: thank you gor another remarkable video on Clan history and the vicious tragedy of Glencoe.
Thank you for this. As a MacDonald in Canada, I love that you have described our history.
I love listening to you Bruce about Scotland as my father came to Australia when he was 14 years old. Listening to my granny was wonderful and my father but all my father wanted was to visit Scotland before he pass way at the age 74 so thank you Bruce for bringing back the memories for me
What a stormer of a video, absolutely brilliant!
Great video Bruce!.... from a MacDonald of Glencoe living in Sydney 🇦🇺
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A haunting and enthralling story, sad yet it captures the imagination, I stood in the glen with my family knowing the story I turned and looked at my daughter she stood with a tear running down her cheek, my daughter has a learning disability, but she said she could feel the pain uaireannan tha an àm a dh'fhalbh nas fhaisge na tha fios againn 💔
I am a descendant of the MacDonald clan and i also have Campbell on my fathers side. No they dont traditionally get along even here in America yet i feel my people did contribute a great deal to the amazing and courageous history of Scotland. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all.
I have learned more about my home ( Scotland ) from you my friend and fellow Scot ( Bruce ) than any book or historian, and for that I cannot thank you enough, I have been ignorant about my Scottish ancestry & connection to this beautiful land I call home, and I say thank you for your education & fun 🏴🙏🏻 xxx
Ah thanks
Yes we are interested! Your videos never disappoint. Thank you for your content.
You are an artist Bruce!🥰
Excellent video! I absolutely loved that you're commentary was from an old local pub with a cozy fire lit in the background. The ambience suited the story perfectly.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Informative and moving. Thank you.
Hallo Bruce! You are such a gifted storyteller. I am no scotsman and I don't know if everything you are speaking of is historical fact but I know that it is surely true that not DNA keep the people together but their stories, their experiences they ve been put through together, their history, all the same whether they are MacDonalds, McLoeds or whatever. That left me with gooseskin
( or do you say duckskin ) and I love the way you are telling stories you are talking in your videos of ( and somehow I love scotland )!
Best wishes from the harz mountains
Uwe
Fascinating video, Bruce. Makes you wonder what the fathers would have thought about their sons fighting side by side on the battlefield. Mòran taing.
Im a proud MacDonald living in Spain & have the clan crest above the door " Per Mare Per Terras "
According to family history, my sixth great grandfather Donald MacDonald (42 Highlander Regiment) who served the crown during the American Revolutionary War was of the MacDonald's of Glencoe. Rather then return home he stayed and immigrated to New Brunswick eventually settling in Nashwaak Bridge. His son, my fifth great grandfather (Donald MacDonald) was born in a small settlement outside of Nashwaak Bridge, Glencoe.
Had the opportunity to visit Glencoe, Scotland last October and it was absolutely stunning, but definitely lives up to the term "Weeping Glen." Paid my respects at the Massacre of Glencoe Monument. Overall, Glencoe is by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen in person.
Beautiful and atmospheric too. I'll never tire of the views.
Thank you Bruce.
Thank you so much for these amazing stories 🌹
Thanks Bruce. Excellent content as always. Good luck with your upcoming shows. 🏴❤️
Thank you kindly
🇦🇺 another great video, hopefully many more to come 🤗
Another great, insightful video. Many of us have heard of some of the names or places before, but we come to you for the details .
Some of my people. Thanks for sharing Bruce. God bless, Rob
Thank you for educating me. I appreciate you.
Any time!
I always like hearing your stories
Pure class on this one Bruce.
I thank you
We're presently trying to get the Lyon Court to recognise the Chief od the MacNeills of Gigha. She's also a Kiwi.
Thank you Bruce for this great video. Aussie with Glencoe MacDhòmhnaill ancestry, hoping to visit Glencoe soon. Thanks again.
I'll see you Down Under
Good morning from the United States of America 🇺🇸
It's a shame that Clan Henderson never get a mention in this tragedy. They also suffered at the hands of King Billy that same day. They where also murdered at the same time. 😢
Superb Bruce.
Ah thanks
Gracias 🎉❤
Thank you very much.
Brilliant. The thing that I fear most is that cancel culture and political correctness will see us stop telling stories if they cause discomfort. Thank you for what you do, love your work.
Tapadh leat Bruce. You're damned good at this Scottish History & Stories...Slainte Mhath
before i watch the video i was actually at glencoe and spoke to the staff about this back in september and went round the corner to the pub with the sign no campbells and no hawkers. I was fortunate to get in the 1740s kit and get photos there. But what really fascinated me was the land itself around and near glencoe it was incredible and worth seeing if you get the chance. The replica house on the site is so worth spending time in. Scotlands history in that place really does come to life and i loved seeing the place and meeting the people. If you get chance go to the glencoe inn. Lovely chips there and food. Lovely staff. If you want a hotel on route towards fort william i reccomend the roam west place. its lovely.
Weel done Bruce, a poignant story brawly telt.
Hello Bruce thank you I did not know about this very well delivered as always
Thanks
Back to Canada in 2026, maybe I’ll be able to catch your show this time.
I have learnt a lot from Scottish History. This vid is one any many Scottish history does make me sick inside .Blessed Samhaine my friend, may our ancestors always be at our sides. Bruce yes I did astro travel on your 60th birthday tour. You do know thats a lot of history in only 11 days. I haven't finished uploading. I need to deeply thanks you for your vids of our breathe taking tour. Thanks deeply for taking me to where I really wanted to go. I so look forward to a ferry ride to Sky plz two day? You know my love for the highlands so I know im asking a lot. But there is a shop I dont want to miss. Im not a shopper type But its the best shop on Skyy. I had learnt from one of your vids. Fummeys I love you like Poi and lau lau!!! It better than haggis lol
As a Scot living on foreign shores. Went back to Glencoe last year and will be back again next year. And in my eyes I will never look at Glencoe as a tourist theme park. It is a place that touches something deep inside of me. Can't explain.
Hopefully we can bring you back to Victoria. I really enjoyed your show earlier this year.
Excellent video. Like any, I've always been intrigued and a bit angered by the story of the massacre. Glencoe is on my list to visit on my next trip to Scotland (my third).
The Clachaig is a wonderful place. I’ve drunk with old friends, made new friends, and partied with Chilean refugees who’d escaped their own murderous government. I’ve even had a beer with a Campbell.
I’m surprised. When I visited the sign was “no dogs or Campbells”…
Thank you Bruce for including Hobart in your tour.
Loved it last time
Still haven't been to Roslyn chapel, maybe next summer 😊
Thanks for your stories Bruce a true Scot.
You should!
@@ScotlandHistoryToursReally, why? I was completely underwhelmed. Maybe just me.
@@isking1715 Yep, I think just you
@ScotlandHistoryTours 😂😂 Wouldn't be the first time.
Loved the video Bruce. God bless you from Sudbury Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
They fled tp the hills. Starved
Froze.
True that, its the stories
Amazing as always. Keep being awesome.
Ah thanks
Came here after seeing you at the comedy night on Wednesday ❤️😆
Ah BRILLIANT! To be fair this topic doesn't give much scope for laughs. If you fancy seeing the show when it's finished I'll be in Glasgow and Edinburgh in January www.thestand.co.uk/news/bruce-fummey-scotland-built-the-world-wip
Beautiful video. Thank you for telling this story. I really want to go have a pint in that pub now.
You should
My maternal grandmother was a Chisholm, but she has two MacDonalds in her family tree.....We are Tennesseans by the way. On my Dad's side they came from very northern England and Scotland to the colonies, mostly around Virginia and the Carolinas. Right before the Revolution the moved into Tennessee....my mother's people are almost entirely from Northern Ireland, most having come just before the Revolution and going to Georgia...We joke that they were guests of His Majesty's Prisons.
"it's not DNA that holds people together, it's stories" never a truer sentence has ever been muttered
Thanks!
Slàinte Mhath 🥃🙏🏻✌🏻
Hi Bruce. My nephew is a Major Duncanson serving in the Australian army. When he was younger we took him to Glen Coe where he found out about the orders passed on by one of his ancestors in his now current rank. We have all been dispersed.
Aye Bruce. In the 1930s my Grandparents brought their two boys across the sea to live in Whanganui, New Zealand. It was there twenty years later I was born. I do not know why they left Scotland. I can remember my Gran telling me stories when I was a wee lad, but her voice has been long silent, as has my father's, their stories lost in time. I recall you made a story asking what makes us Scottish, well for me a Bruce Fummey yarn and a dram will have to do the noo.
My MacDonald ancestors came to Cape Breton in 1798 from Moidart and Eigg. One female ancestor was an Effie MacDonald of Glencoe (about whom not much is known). My people were Clanranalds connected to the MacDonalds of Kinlochmoidart and Captain John MacDonald of Glenaladale who brought his tenants out to Prince Edward Island in 1772. Our family was in Scotland this summer and stopped in Glencoe enroute to Fort William. There is very little mention of the massacre at the visitor centre --all the focus is on the nature and outdoor experiences. Of course, I was astounded at the hordes of people stopping for the photo ops (of course we did take some photos too) but for me and those of us with roots in the Highlands -- we remember the tragedy of that winter night in 1692. I live in Inverness County and nearby is a rural community named Glencoe settled by Clanranald MacDonalds. My Gaelic-speaking grandmother could recite in her mother tongue -- 'as long as there's green in the forest, there's deceit in the Campbells' ! Not forgotten for sure. Thank you for telling this story, Bruce. Hope you make it back to Cape Breton in New Scotland!
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THANK YOU
Great episode, Bruce! I actually know Alan. He’s an amazing guy!
I am related to the Macdonalds of Glen Coe through my Grandmothers side. Alexander MacDonald escaped the massacre and changed his name to Alexander Alexander. I have a book with more info on them I will have to pull it off my shelf. I don’t really know why but I have always held a place in my soul for them.
My friend and I went through Glencoe at midnight and she was singing a spooky song
I'm a Campbell mixed with Macdonald. My grandpa Campbell told all his grandkids the story just as Bruce told it. A blight. Before the 2 clans later de-solved into the mass wave of displaced Scots who landed in North America. My ancestors.
Hopefully see you in Auckland!
Yay!
I am enjoying your videos Bruce
I have a question for you
What does the little saying you say at the end of each video mean?
Also hope i can make it to the Wellington New Zealand show as it is where i am from
It means: "I hope you have a lovely day. Bye for now". From the Gaelic, to English.
I don't speak Gaelic, only know a few words, but he definitely says the sentence that is also found on a mug for sale at his shop "tha mi an dochas gum bi latha math leibh". Google says this means "I hope you have a good day".
The rest of what he says I don't know for sure, but it seems to end on "an-drasda" (the final a being silent) which means "soon",
so my guess would be that he is saying: "hope you have a nice day, and see you soon".
This was absolutely brilliant Bruce thoroughly enjoyed it I got a couple of questions to ask you one if I remember rightly you did a programme on the covenanters two have ever heard of a book called the homes haunts and battlefields of the covenanters by a.b .Todd published 1888 by James gemmell of Edinburgh
Hmmm, I don't know the book
I didn't think much of it when I first got it but yesterday I got a shock I sat down to read it and suddenly realised it had no copyright in it also no first published date it apart from 1888 looked it up found out that I might have a first edition book would you like it and how can I send it to you
he ya Bruce,
another excellent episode ! please keep them coming.
please let me know as soon as you have dates for your Brisbane show, as I will try to bring Murphy's Pigs along. will you be travelling with your son? do you need a lift from the airport?
Aye, Thursday 27th Feb. Ticket link to come
Bruce, you should do a video on the Mac Donald / Campbell feud, one of the longest in highland history I believe, I got a brief glimpse when I read a book on Alister maccolla but would love to know the origins of it.
Good morning.
Morning
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Is the visitor centre in the Glen still run by a Mr Campbell?
Dropped as soon as I poured a wee heavy... great video to sip an ale to.
In August 1966, I got to belatedly raise the alarm in Glen Coe youth hostel that someone might be missing. He was found dead 2 days later. The hostels warden's partner went out of her way to console me that the poor lad ( 18 year old...same as I was ) had died from his fall and not from exposure, which would have been partly my fault. I never got to say thank you to that lady. Any way to do so now?
Reach out to the hostel maybe?
Why do you not come to the USA? We want Bruce!!!
see ya in Perth Bruce
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Bruce, good story telling yet again.
Might you do an episode on the history between the MacDonalds of Glen Coe before the massacre? It wasn't an isolated event by my understanding. MacDonalds had been involved in the capture of Inveraray Castle when Montrose was doing his stuff in the 1640s.
Campbells (of Glenorchy) were involved in what is said to be the last clan battle in Scotland in 1680
Wasn't that inverlochy?
@ppavery I think it was Battle of Altimarlach, which took place on July 13, 1680, near Wick. Between Campbells and Sinclairs over land in Caithness. The Sinclairs got it back through legal action which is a bit ironic.
Ah I was thinking the battle of inverlochy 1645, Montrose and Alistair maccolla
@ppavery Sorry slight crossed purposes there. That's when Montrose was fighting the Royalist cause in the War of The Three Kingdoms.
The last clan battle also involved Campbells in a smaller dispute over land which is the one I described previously^^
In the US in Geargia there is a County called Glynn and it has a town called Glenco and one called Stirling. It is a coastal place and now I know how it got its name. Thank you.
That’s 38 shattered families 😢
I went to school with a Campbell and a MacDonald. To this day, some of the MacDonald's in America don't even eat Campbell's soup.
The good news is the Campbells don't have to eat McDonalds
Correct. And I am living proof that 2 did get along with the lights off
@@williamduncanson3934not the same people but cute😂
Oh wind your neck in, those are just surnames with no connection to clan politics in early modern Scotland. Find something better to have a personality about.
@@Ricky-oi3wv I bet when Ferguson first left Ulster for Kintyre, he forgot something. "Hang on, lemme turn the boat around, I forgot me bag." Then when he got back to the dock five minutes later, the Irishman said "Feck on off back to where ya came from, foreigner!", true story.
Love the post. My mother was a McDonald and married a Campbell. Yes I was the result of a mixed marriage. According to my brother's research when the Campbells fled the scene they moved south. Some arrived in Kippen (Stirlingshire) and took the surname to avoid detection. A common enough practice at the time indeed a significant number of McGregors' did the same.
Bruce can you do one on the Loudouns, please. Cheers from 🇦🇺
Sorry, family histories aren't really what I do. If you think about it this video is about an event. rather than a family. I'll be in Oz in February if you fancy coming to see my show Scotland Made the World though
@ScotlandHistoryTours cool yet didn't you just do the Mac Donalds 🤣
@ScotlandHistoryTours I mean William Wallace's grand mother was a Loudoun after all. His sword was kept at Loudoun Castle. The Loudouns fought at Culloden against the Mac Donalds.
@@BobLouden-r9q No, that would be a huge video. The MacDonalds were a huge clan made up of many septs. I told a story that was the first in a series about what happened to all the people after the Massacre of Glencoe. There will be at least eight covering key characters or people. This one was about a tiny sept of the MacDonalds who were involved in these events. If you look through my videos none of them are clan stories. Some may involve clans, but that's only because they are involved in the story. None are a story of the clan. I hope that makes sense.
MacDonalds in Nova Scotia still (jokingly) take the piss out of the Campbells. “Never trust a Campbell” they say
MacDonalds in Michigan too.
@@thegrantkennedy🤗we are all over the world 🇦🇺😜
My grandparents still held a strong dis like of any Campbell
@@sammcdonald2213I still dislike any Mac Donald. We were told the Mac Donalds were all thieves and would steal your shit from the toilet if given half a chance.
Hi, Bruce. Nice video. The Macdonalds of Glencoe were traditionally buried on an island in Loch Leven. I wonder when the most recent burial was? By the way, it is a pity that my viewing was interrupted by an inappropriate advert for hamburgers.
Hamburger? I take it you're on a different side of The Atlantic to me. I think it was in the 70s. Don't quote, but it's recent
1972 it was
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Nope Bruce, I'm in Germany. McDs operate in Europe too. And matt-inthehighlans7385 confirms the most recent grave is dated 1972. Thanks, guys.
Your Glasgow and Edinburgh shows have the same date.
I know, but different times
It's the same here as American Indian beyond the blood quantum. It's the language, the living culture and community that binds us.
At the Clan gathering held in Edinburgh some years ago , the march up the Royal Mile lead by the clan chiefs. The Campbell’s were booed and heckled the entire route, what a shame their chief didn’t take this opportunity, to apologize to all the clans’s for that despicable act of murder of all those innocent’s, granny’s, children and babies, their own kith and kin.
This appalling and cowardly act is not ancient history .
It's a shame those booing didn't have a better understanding of history.
They were, are just ignorant.